Communications Officer
This job is now closed
Job summary
We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a comms all-rounder to join our team at a leading mental health and learning disabilities NHS Trust based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The Communications Officer will play an instrumental role in the production and delivery of a wide range of both internal and external communications activity. This includes supporting staff, stakeholder and public engagement through excellent and creative written and digital content.
You will lead on a wide range of communications functions and channels including media relations, staff and stakeholder communications, service user communications and various campaigns and projects.
You'll be a fantastic writer with an ability to turn complex and sensitive information into compelling content for a wide range of audiences. You will also be highly proficient at digital communications and be a dab hand at web and social media content management.
You'll have excellent interpersonal skills and be confident when presenting yourself and your ideas to a range of people, including senior managers, journalists and service users.
You will work across multiple projects and subject areas at the same time and will be required to use your own initiative and act independently.
Main duties of the job
With a broad area of responsibilities, no two days in the Communications Officer role are ever the same.
You will use your skills and creativity to help our services and staff members tell their stories, share important information and update their audiences using the most appropriate communications channels.
The communications you will produce will vary but could include:
- News releases
- Social media posts
- Email campaigns
- Leaflets
- Web and online content
- Corporate publications
As well as producing first-class communications, you will also evaluate and report on communications activities to showcase the impact of communications and to ensure learnings can be made for future projects.
About us
We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country.We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives. We need people like you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.
We perform well against local and national targets and in our most recent CQC inspection, 85% of our services were rated good or outstanding.
As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
Details
Date posted
26 January 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£25,655 to £31,534 a year Per Annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-07722-COR
Job locations
Trust HQ (Remote working)
Leeds
LS15 8ZB
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trust HQ (Remote working)
Leeds
LS15 8ZB
Employer's website
https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Supporting documents
Privacy notice
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)